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Letters Patent `No. 80,986, dated August 11, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN IILEFASTENERS.

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TO ALL WHOM ITMAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, E. P. McCENEY, of Washington, in the county of Washington, and District of Columbia, `have invented n. new and useful File-Fastener; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. I

Figure is #perspective view, without the cord attached.

` Figure 3 is a. side view of the levernnd handle.

The nature of my invention consists in making the lever of a. {ile-fastener in ltivo por'ts, as will be hereinafter described. y

To enable others skilled in the nrt to ineke and use my invention, tion and operation.

In the drawinga represents the frame; b, the lever; c, the handle, hinged to the lever b; d, the pin, which passes through thejoint of the lever into each side of the frame a., und on which the lever works; e, the cord, one end'of which is tied to the eyef, in one end of the frame a, und the other end is passed between the end of the lev'el bund the inside of the end of thelfran'xe a, es seen at g. y

The papers are placed inside ofthe corde, which is then drow betwen the sides ofthe frame a.

The handle c of the lever' b is then left fla-.t with the surface of the lever, as seen in iig. 1, but when it is desired to loosen the cord, the han'dle c is raised, and is then :tten angle of about forty-tive degrees to the lever b, as seen iu fig. 2, and by pressing against the handle c, the lever I; is easily raised and the cord released.

By hinging the lever so that the handle con lie flat on the top of the lever, it is much more convenient for packing away the tiles, and it is not so liable to open and release the cord.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure Hinging a. handle t-o the lever of a. {ile-fastener, substantially i described.

and hinged together,

I will proceed to describe its construcn tight, and the lever b'pressed into position by Letters Patent, isfn the nmnner and for the purpose herein E. .1 l MecEVNEY.

Witnesses:

T. C. THEAKER, G. A. G. SMITH. 

